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When it's summer and all the ground is dry I keep my gumboots in the wardrobe out of the way.  When it was still winter I wouldn't have dreamt of wearing jandals.  Spring's in between, which means my front door is cluttered up with gumboots, jandals AND sneakers, in a space that's barely wide enough to carry shopping through.  Why can't they design houses with a space for taking off shoes?  Why do I have to keep tripping over footwear? Why are houses designed for those uncivilised people who wear their shoes inside?

I always get uncomfortable staying with the in-laws.  Everyone gets up in the morning and puts on their shoes, and to me that's a signal that we're leaving, imminently, and I get all jittery because I think I'm going to have to go out without my breakfast.

My man's family is posher than mine.  I bet they wear shoes inside because they know a vacuuming will eventuate within the next week.